Night by Elie Wiesel

In the "Never shall I forget" section of this chapter, Wiesel uses what technique to emphasize the fact that he has, for the first time, faced death?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Irony

• Parallelism

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is the lie that Eliezer tells Stein?

• Eliezer says that Stein's family is alive and doing well.

• Eliezer says that Stein's family has died in the camp.

• Eliezer tells Stein that he doesn't know anything about the fate of his family.

• Eliezer tells Stein that he is 18 years old and not 15.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Eliezer's faith in his god at this point in the book has...

• not changed.

• grown stronger.

• turned into anger and bitterness.

• disappeared. He no longer believes in God.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

What happens to the bags that the Jews of Sighet carried with them on the trains?

• The bags are left behind.

• They take the bags into the barracks.

• The Nazis dump the bags into the fires.

• The older prisoners steal everything inside the bags.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Wiesel uses changes in sentence structure and length, repetition, and ellipses (...) to

• show how cruel the Nazis are.

• add suspense and slow down time for the reader.

• confuse the reader.

• recreate how the Nazis talked.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

When one of the veteran prisoners finds out that Eliezer and the other people from the train have never heard of Auschwitz, how does he react?

• He falls to his knees and cries.

• He wants to throw himself onto the electrified barbed wire.

• He laughs and laughs.

• He is angry.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

Who is Stein of Antwerp?

• A famous doctor that tortures Jewish prisoners in the camp.

• A relative of Eliezer and his father.

• The leader of Eliezer's barracks.

• A rabbi.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

What was Elie reciting to himself as he and his father marched closer and closer to the pit and infernal heat?

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

In your own words, what did Elie Wiesel mean when he said, "We mustn't give up hope, even now as the sword hangs over our heads. So taught our sages..."

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What did another prisoner say would happen to Elie's group?

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL. 11-12.9